Hay-stacker.



PArBNTBD APR.16,1907. L .,J. LINDSAY., v

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n. APPLIQATIOH funn JULY 12. 190e.

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L. J. LINDSAY. HAY STACKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1-2, 1906.

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PATENTBD APR. 1e, 1907.

, UNrrnn srnris LEROY J. LINDSAY, OF OTTUMWA, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO C. P. BARRIOKMAN, OF SEYMOUR, IOWA.

PATENT orrion.

HAY-STACKER.

No. 859,765. Specification of Letters Patent. katented April i6, 1907.

Application filed July 12. 1906. Serial No. 325,946.

To all wto'rb t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEROY J. LINDSAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ottumwa, in the county of Wapello, State of j Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Iiay-Stackers, of which the folj lowing is a specification.

My object is, lirst, to provide means for operating a hay-stacker with less power than heretofore; second, to reduce the length of j rope in a tackling for lifting the loaded fork l flat upon the base, and a lever 25 is pivotally of a stacker; third, to reduce the distance connected with their top ends, and the end of that a horse must walk for lifting the loaded its long arm is pivotally connected with the fork, fourth, to operate the fork quicker fork by means of bearers 26, preferably made than heretofore for saving time and expense of angle-irons fixed to the cross-bars 18 and 19. in stacking hay, &c.; fifth, to utilize a leaf- Stay-rods 27 are pivoted to the top of the spring as a stop for arresting and restricting movable fulcrum 24 and the upper end porthe forward motion of the fork as it throws tions of the uprights 15. A leaf-spring 28 is at the same time bars 18 and 19 and fixed tines 20 and adjustable tines 21, pivoted to the tines 2O and connected by a cross-bar 22, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in any suitable way. Braces 23 are fixed to the lower end portions of the upigllits 15 and to the cross-bars 18 and 19 of the "or r.

A fulcrum 24, composed of two straight pieces, is pivoted to the rear end portion and on' hay upon a stack and fixed to the upper end portions of the upstore power in the spring for starting the fork rights 15. backward and downward when unloaded. A clevis 29 is pivoted to the end of the My invention consists in the construction, j short arm of the lever 25 and a rope 30 fixed arrangement, and combination of parts, as j thereto and extended over a direction-pulley hereinafter' set forth, pointed out in my l 31, connected with the center of the cross-bar claims, and illustrated in the accompanying j l2 at the front end of the base, and from drawings, in whichr l thence over a direction-pulley 32 at the end Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stacker of the short arm of the lever and then down and shows the forkcarrier inaperpendicular again and under a pulley 33, connected with position. Dotted lines indicate the movethe center of the cross-bar 12 of the base, as

' by means of l required for hitching a horse thereto.

ments of the fork and carrier tackling and a lever pivoted to a movable Cross-rods 34 are fixed to the cross-pieces j 12 and 13 of the fulcrum. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view that showshow theunrights of the fork-carrier l In the practical use of my invention when are pivotally connected with the sidepieces of l a horse is hitched to the end ofthe rope 3() the base. Fig. 3shows thefork-carrier foldand the fork-carrier and fork are flat upon ed flat upon the base. Fig. 4 is a detail view l the ground and the fork is loaded the full crum 24 and the lever 25 will be in an upright position, and when the horse walks away from the base of the stack his pulling will be augmented by the tackling, as it that shows a leaf-spring fixed to the top portions of the uprights of the fork-carrier to be engaged and actuated by the lever that lifts j the fork and carrier as required to elevate j force hay, Sac., and throw it 'olf upon a stack. is thereby applied to the short arm of the le- 'lhe numerals 10 designate the parallel side l ver 25 for lifting the loaded fork and carrier, pieces of the base. They are connected by j and as the fork and carrier are raised the cross-pieces 12, 13, and 14, fixed thereto. j pivoted fulcrum 24 will swing forward, as in- The mating uprights 15 of the fork-carrier j dicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, until the upare pivoted to the sides of the base-pieces l0 j rights 15 of the fork-carrier reach a perpencontiguous to the cross-piece 12 by means of dicular position. By means ofthe lever, fulcastings 16, that stride the base-pieces 10, and l crum, and tackling a rapid upward movement have integral journals 17, that project horiof the loaded fork is thus accomplished in zontally outward. The castings serve as reless time and with less power than heretoinforcements to the structure and are fixed fore, and the momentum acquired by the to the base-pieces 10 by means bolts, as l loaded fork will strike the spring 28, and the shown in Fig. 2. To the top portions of the motion of the fork will be arrested thereby, uprights is fixed a fork composed of crossand the sudden stop of the fork will throw inside of the base-pieces 10 to normally rest base to strengthen the base.

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off the load from the rake. ing of the uprights l5, to which the ends of are iixed, allows the spring to lowered again, and thus the speed of the operation of stacking hay, &c., is accelerated and power, time, and labor saved in doing t e work.

Having thus set forth the purposes of my invention, its construction, and manner of use, the practical operation and utility thereof is obvious.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

In a hay-stacker, a flat base, a fork-carrier consisting of two mating' uprights pivoted to the front endy portion of the base a leatspring,r iixed tol the upper end portions of the uprights, a forl -c'arrier uprights, a fulcrum pivoted to the rear end portion of the base, a I

lever pivoted to the fulcrum and pivotally connected with the fork and tackling connected' with the base and the short arm of the lever, to operate as set forth.

2. In a hay-stacker, a flat base a fork-carrier pivoted to the end portion of the base, a fork fixed to the top ofthe fork-carrier, a fulcrum pivoted to the base, a lever pivoted to The lateral yieldl the carrier, to operate as set forth.

3. In a hay-stacker, a fiat base, a casting havingan integral journal ixed to the side I and end portion of the base and an upright of a fork-carrier pivoted tothe journal to swing in a 4. A hay-stacker comprising, a base composed of two parallel sides and a Across-bars fixed to composed of two the base` a leaf-spring uprights, a fork fixed to the end portions of the uprights, a fulcrum composed of two lmating parts pivoted to the sides of the l base, lever-bearers fixed to the fork, a lever pivoted to the fulcrum and its long arm pivoted to the lever-bearers, a rope ed with the short arm of the lever,

vertical plane.

I the short arm of ,the ever and a second pul` ,l ley at the center of ranged and combined for raising and lowering` the fork-carrier and fork as set forth.

LEROY J. LINDSAY. vWitnesses.'

IV. A. Hocxn'rr, WM. CUPPLY. 

